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Beware the Post-2015 Christmas Tree
Charles Kenny reviews plans for a post-2015 development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals. Beware the Christmas tree, he warns. Image: Flickr user Sea Turtle/ CC
Read Full StoryEurope Beyond Aid
Europeans give generously to the developing world, but some European policies make it harder for poor people to escape poverty. CGD’s new Europe Beyond Aid initiative explores how Europe could do more to help without boosting aid.
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Beating the Resource Curse
Gov. Hammond’s oil dividend worked for Alaska and could work for developing countries that strike it rich. Todd Moss explains in a new video and in The Governor’s Solution, an oil-to-cash reader.
Read Full StoryHip, Hip for STEM Visas!
No hooray yet. Michael Clemens welcomes a House Republican bill that would boost visas for high-tech professionals but says it should not be at the expense of low-skilled workers who also boost the US economy.
Read Full StoryBeginning of the End of AIDS?
Amanda Glassman and Mead Over say there are missing links in the US blueprint for an AIDS-free generation: getting more value for money and figuring out what to do about de facto treatment entitlements. Image: Jose Luis Magana / AP
Read Full StoryBehavioral Design and Development
Development interventions often fail because people don’t behave as expected. Saugato Datta and CGD non-resident fellow Sendhil Mullainathan think behavioral economics can help.
Read Full StoryThree Cheers for MCC Impact Evaluation
In a three-part series, Bill Savedoff cheers the US Millennium Challenge Corporation’s pathbreaking impact evaluations, saying that the MCC has set a new standard for what it means to be a responsible public agency.
Read Full StoryCGD Launches India Initiative
CGD’s new Understanding India initiative seeks development lessons for other countries. As part of the effort, Nancy Birdsall considers India’s “not-poor not-middle” class in two new blog posts. Image: Flickr user Henrik Jagels/cc
Read Full StoryA New Way to Rank Think Tanks
Annoyed by the Global Go To Think Tank Index, David Roodman and Julia Clark explore an alternative approach: using objective measures of influence.
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